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Archaeology: 2nd century inscription found at Plovdiv’s Roman Forum, fining Philippopolis

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Archaeologists have found a marble slab, dating from the end of the second century CE, during excavations at the Roman

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Hoard of gold coins found in Bulgaria’s Devnya

September 30, 2019October 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeologists have found a valuable gold treasure in the town of Devnya, about 25km from Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: 6th century BCE bronze statuette found on Bulgaria’s Cyricus island

September 8, 2019September 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeologists have found a bronze statuette of a ram’s head, said to date from the sixth century BCE, on St

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: 20m ancient tower uncovered at Maltepe mound site in Bulgaria

August 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

A team from the Regional Archaeological Museum in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has uncovered a 20 metre-high tower at the

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Large tower found at Bulgaria’s mediaeval Rusokastro site

August 27, 2019August 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeologists working at the mediaeval Rusokastro fortress site in Bulgaria have found remnants of a large tower, that was 15

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Fragment of Roman military diploma found at Bulgaria’s Deultum site

August 19, 2019August 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

A fragment of a Roman military diploma has been discovered during excavations in the central part of the Roman city

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Bulgaria 

‘Abora IV Argonauts from the Stone Age’ expedition sails from Bulgaria’s Varna

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Varna

The experimental reed boat of the expedition “Abora IV – Argonauts from the Stone Age” sailed from Bulgaria’s Black Sea

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Burnt skeleton of baby found at Bulgaria’s Yunatsite Tell

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeological excavations at the Yunatsite Tell in 2019 have yielded extremely interesting results, the Regional History Museum in the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Tomb of Palaiologos nobleman discovered at Bulgaria’s Kaliakra

August 15, 2019August 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a previously-unknown 14th-century aristocrat, a descendant of the Byzantine Palaiologos dynasty, at the

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